There are plenty of other posts on this topic (e.g.
click here ).
Anyway, from reading all these posts, I decided to buy a Zanussi ZDC67550W last month. Got it in DID Electrical. €10 more than Harvey Norman, but the delivery charge difference made it €10 less. Can't remember the exact price, but it was around €400. Keep away from Power City for those things, as they are more expensive for some reason.
Just one thing... if you don't have a vent/fan in the room, you may have to leave the door open or get a dehumidifier, as there can be quite a bit of moisture/condensation and heat generated.
Main decision factors which swung it for me were:
- capacity (7kg)
- energy rating (B)
- automatic sensor (switches off when clothes dry)
So far so good. Seems to be relatively quiet. One drawback (which applies to most of them) is that it takes a very long time to dry clothes. Models in the States apparently take a fraction of the time for drying, but they are much larger for shared use in apartment blocks, and I'm not sure if they are available here at a reasonable price.